The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Broken Up-Young Would-Be Des-
peradoes in Athens Amoricus in
Darkness.
A great many new mechanics are moving
The streets in East Athens are in wretch
ID condition.
The thermometer registered 105' at Toe
Goa at 5 p. m. Monday.
The crops are very good in the Toccoa
section but need rain badly
Mr. Simpson, aged sc, father of the Rev.
L. A. Simpson, of Toccoa, died Monday eve
ming at o'clock.
Camilla and Athens were visited by
refreshing showers on Sunday afternoon,
breaking the hot wave.
party from Knoxville, Tenn, will visit
Athens, with view of purchasing land and
establishing dairy farm.
Cumming Clarion: Mr. j. G. Puett set
put seven small grape cuttings in the spring
and they are now bearing.
Judge W. B. Thomas says the best place
30 build water works around Athens IS on
the Nocatchee creek, about three miles from
town.
A colored Baptist church is to be built on
The new street that leads from Lumpkln
street to Allenville at Athens. The lot was
donated.
Another negro is suing the Athens Foun-
dry because some sand got in bis eye while
casting, sarcastically remarks the Banner
Watchman
Albany is soon to lose one OF her pronlis-
ing young men. II. T. Mercer, Jr., is going
70 Paris, Tex, 10 try mis- fortunes in the
Western country.
There will be grand basket picnic at
Woodbury. on Saturday, July 9. Arrange
ulents have been made TO make the occasion
amost enjoyable one.
Athens Banner Waterman: 1t has never
failed to rain during tho Lucy Cobb COM
mencement. If the crops can stand the hot
weather one more week the rain will come
Sunday night, about o'clock, Mrs. Vir-
ginia, wife of Capt. j. B. Warthen, of For
sytb, was stricken with apoplexy, from
which she died i'll short time, leaving five
little children.
The name of Gum Creek, station on the
Americas, Preston and Lumpkin railroad
In Dolly county, has been changed to
"Coney," in honor of Vice President Sam
Coney of the road.
Camilla Clarion =: The neighbors of ].
NJ. jackson all love him. They say he has
done more counting and at the same time
raised more fine watermelons than any other
widower in the State
AiucItCuc ID 6uu6dNOTlllg 10
telephone exchange in that city. Thirty
subscribers have been secured, and it is stated
Tor certain that one will be in operation
here at no distant day.
Georgia watermelons are beginning to
make themselves useful up North. Vide
the following from the Springfield Repltbli-
can: "Watermelons have arrived and our
local physicians sleep with one eye open and
one leg out of bed
Mrs. Eliza Carter, wife of F. NJ. Carter.
died at their home in Albany last SATURDAY.
and the remains were inferred Sunday.
Mrs. Carter was formerly Miss Eliza Oliver.
Of Americas. She leaves two daughters,
Misses Eva and Maria.
A meeting has been called of all the clerks
of the Superior Court in the State to meet
in Atlanta on July 30 for the purpose of
regulating fees. This is a good move, as
the law Is very deficient in relation to the
duties and fees of the clerks.
Sheriff Winn, of Oglethorpe county, last
Friday went over into Madison county and
captured Mike Freeman, the white horse
thief that escaped fromNCol Smiths camp
on the railroad. Mike had returned home
and was cutting wheat when captured
Several months ago man came to Athens
selling a sheet with a description of all the
counterfeit money in circulation This
sheet was to be furnished to subscribers
monthly, but up TO the present time the re-
ports have failed to make their appearance
Banner Wdtchntdn: There is hardly a
boy IN Athens who has not large number
OF fancy pictures, given with packages of
cigarettes The pictures are of popular
actresses, and some of them inclined to be
vulgar. A law should be passed against
their Introduction.
For the past two weeks the ice cream
wagons in Atlanta have been dropping out
as their license expired, and now four
wagons monopoliZe the trade. These will
throw up the sponge on July l, and then
such thing as an ice cream cake will not
be known III Atlanta.
A strange acting dog, which those pres-
ent hastened 10 call a mad dog, created CON
siderable excitement and motion at the
Griffin gospel tent on Sunday night After
people had got tired of jumping about the
seats, the dog was eventually fred out with
out doing any damage.
Last Friday morning, at Greshamville.
Greene county, white boy killed a negro
man, shooting him through the heart. The
coroner's inquest rendered a verdict of iusti-
fable homicide. The negro had drawn a
rock on the boy, and was in the act of hurl-
ing it at him when killed.
Linton Collier, the little boy who was run
over by train few days ago, at Atlanta
and whose right arm was amputated near
the shoulder. died Monday morning at l
o'clock from his injuries. Death is said TO
have ensued from a conclusion of the brain,
produced by severe Commissions upon his
head.
For the benefit of those that don't know
or take the time to find out, the Banner
Waterman states that it is against the law
to sell a minor pistol The very small
boys of Athens are getting cranky about
carrying pistols, and are doing everything
in their power to raise money TO arm them
selves with small sized fve-shooters
The local editor of the Macon Erening
NeWs says: The handsomest young lady
teacher in the State is connected with the
Orange street public school We will not
mention her name as the public can readily
call it." 1t is such gross errors as this that
almost makes a man disguised with journal
ism. That writer should come to Savannah
and get some points first before making such
rash assertions.
Dick Graham, q colored train hand en-
ployed on the eastern division of the Ameri-
Gus, Preston and Lumpkin railroad, met
with a terrible accident Monday morning,
which will in all probability result in his
death. He was on the construction train
sitting on q tie, when it struck the project
ing end of a tie on the bank and he was
thrown backward with terrible force, frac-
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